Environment and ICTs

Nokia India - Take-back and Recycling Awareness Campaigns
Nokia India - Take-back and Recycling Awareness Campaigns 04 August 2010

Awareness campaign aimed at educating mobile phone users about the importance of recycling e-waste. Contains information about the materials and substances contained in a mobile device, list of recycling points for disposal of old devices, and photographs from the awareness campaign.

Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group
Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group 04 August 2010

The research group addresses issues of sustainable consumption and environmental and social justice. The research focuses on e-waste, environmental issues-related advocacy, etc. Main activities include capacity building for green jobs for the informal sector, inclusion of the urban poor in policy making, research and advocacy on issues of environmental justice and environmental governance, helping children working in recycling to phase out and go to school and education and awareness-raising ...

Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICT Applications and Tools for Disaster Management in the Caribbean
Enhancing the Effectiveness of ICT Applications and Tools for Disaster Management in the Caribbean 04 August 2010

This project aims to identify and test innovative information and communication technology (ICT) applications that could enhance the effectiveness of disaster management in the Caribbean, including early warning systems and post-crisis collection. Activities include the testing of ICT applications and research in three island states (St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados) in order to provide...

B-BOVID and Tractor
B-BOVID and Tractor 04 August 2010

B-BOVID and Tractor are hands-on initiatives in the Western part of Ghana. B-BOVID’s relies on TRACTOR for training of community farmers in the sustainable agro-industry under changing environmental conditions. The company plans to demonstrate best practice in organic farming on its own plantations, to establish an out growers scheme with both high quality planting material and training i...

Information is Beautiful: Climate Change Deniers vs The Consensus
Information is Beautiful: Climate Change Deniers vs The Consensus 04 August 2010

Graphs and visualization of data and arguments used by climate change skeptics vs the scientific consensus. Contains also many more topics visualized.Information is Beautiful: climate skeptics vs. the scientific consensus

Global e-Sustainability Initiative - GeSI
Global e-Sustainability Initiative - GeSI 04 August 2010

GeSI, the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, aims to further sustainable development in the ICT sector. GeSI brings together leading ICT companies – including telecommunications service providers and manufacturers as well as industry associations – and non-governmental organisations committed to achieving sustainability objectives through innovative technology. Since June 2008, GeSI is an ...

GetUp! Action for Australia
GetUp! Action for Australia 04 August 2010

GetUp is a grass-roots progressive advocacy movement and a social networking website, organising targeted strategic actions on many social and political issues, with a strong emphasis on climate change and public participation. Member activities include: signing a petition, engaging with the media, attending an event, helping to get a television ad on the air, live get-togethers, etc.GetUp! cam...

Potential of ICTs to help Women Farmers in the Caribbean meet the Challenge of Climate Change
Potential of ICTs to help Women Farmers in the Caribbean meet the Challenge of Climate Change 04 August 2010

This grant will support the preparation of a concept paper to identify the potential of ICTs to prepare women farmers to adapt to and manage climate change.

Going Green at Google
Going Green at Google 04 August 2010

Google’s green initiative aiming to lower Google’s carbon footprint through investing in energy efficiency, renewable energy and carbon offsets. Contains details on Google’s efforts to improve the efficiency of their servers and data centers and to ensure proper reuse and recycling of all electronic equipment.

ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change
ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change 04 August 2010

An initiative by The Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) – OECD. The ICCP contributes to the development of policies to meet the opportunities and challenges of electronic commerce and ensuring that its benefits are widely shared, and to improve our grasp of the role played by ICTs in economic growth and job creation. It analyses the broad policy framewor...

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